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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers against what governor?
2. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?
3. Sam Davis was hung by a mob in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in what year?
4. Who founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary?
5. What did Columbus find when he returned to the Navidad fort after his journey back to Spain?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Howard Zinn describe the changes of the Native American population from the 1820s to the 1840s in Chapter 7?
2. What positive qualities of the establishment of the United States does Zinn discuss in Chapter 4?
3. How do we know the details of Christopher Columbus’s first encounter with the Arawak people? How does the author describe Columbus’s views of the people in Chapter 1?
4. Who wrote the history of Columbus’s adventures in Cuba from the perspective of the inhabitants, according to the author in Chapter 1?
5. What choice were the Native American people given in regard to their futures and their homes, according to the author in Chapter 7?
6. How does the author describe history’s depiction of women in the beginning of Chapter 6?
7. Where did Christopher Columbus intend to travel when he “discovered” the Americas? Where does the author assert he actually landed in Chapter 1?
8. What did Columbus discover when he returned to his fort at Navidad on his second journey, according to the author in Chapter 1? What did he take with him?
9. How is the Flour Riot of 1837 described in Chapter 10? What was the cause of the riot?
10. How does the author describe Virginia’s “chain of oppression” in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the surrounding circumstances of the American Civil War and the battles, casualties, and aftermath of the war. What were the tensions like between the North and South following the Union victory? How was order maintained by the government at this time?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the various factors that led to the American colonial discontent which enabled the American Revolutionary War. How many independent revolts had taken place in the colonies prior to the war? What does the author assert in regards to the motivations of the war? Do you agree or disagree with Zinn’s perspective? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Marshall Plan and its influences and repercussions. When did the plan begin operation? How much money did the United States provide to Europe in order to rebuild the economy and prevent the spread of Communism? Why did the United States see Communism as an ultimate threat?
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